Features and rules that make up a thriller

To make a set of rules for a genre, you need to look closely at different technical aspects, plot generalisations, character types and re occuring themes and situations.

These are the rules and features that we came up with:

• suspense
• tension
• emotion
• helpless/vulnerable people
• identification by audience with the protagonist
• fast pace editing
• low key lighting
• murderer/sereal killer
• protagonist
• antagonist
• somebody is injured or killed
• antagonist returns at the end
• antagonist has facial hair
• extreme close ups